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Business leader warns transport links not good enough

One of Wales' biggest employers, Admiral, warned transport links in the South East of the country are not good enough.

David Stevens, the Chief Operating Officer at the insurance firm which employs 5,000 people in South Wales, says many people are held back by poor transport link, particularly in the Valleys.

It comes on the day that a task force set up by the Welsh Government to work on improving transport infrastructure delivered its first interim report.

The South Wales Integrated Transport Task Force said it aims to "develop a vision of sustainable modern integrated public transport system", which it said could help "economic growth and job creation" and improve "accessibility for economically inactive people to employment centres, and also promoting social cohesion and reducing poverty."

Last year, it was announced that the electrification of the Great Western Line from London Paddington will continue to Swansea, and the Valleys lines will also be electrified.